Sakai堺区

Sakai-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Sakai (堺区, Sakai-ku) is a ward of Sakai, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 148,682 (2020 census), area 23.66 km². Borders 4 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

堺区

Reading

Sakai-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Sakai City 堺市

Prefecture

Osaka 大阪府

Region

Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿

Population

148,682 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.3% from 148,205

Area

23.66 km²

Density

6,284 people per km²

Households

73,809

Under 15

10.5%

65 and over

28.2%

Foreign residents

5,079 (3.4%)

Code

27141 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.sakai.lg.jp/sakai

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

4 places share a land border with Sakai, 2 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Sumiyoshi Ward住吉区(Osaka)
• Suminoe Ward住之江区(Osaka)
• Nishi Ward西区
• Kita Ward北区

Questions about Sakai

Is Sakai a city?

Sakai (堺区) is a ward of Sakai (堺市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Sakai?

Sakai is inside Sakai (堺市), in Osaka Prefecture (大阪府), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Sakai?

148,682 at the 2020 census, up 0.3% from 148,205 in 2015. The area is 23.66 km², which is 6,284 people per km². 73,809 households. 28.2% of residents are 65 or older and 10.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Sakai?

Four: Sumiyoshi Ward (住吉区) of Osaka, Suminoe Ward (住之江区) of Osaka, Nishi Ward (西区), and Kita Ward (北区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Sakai in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Sakai written in Japanese?

堺区, read Sakai-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Sakai begin?

大阪府堺市堺区… (Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.